HICL Infrastructure (HICL) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Is PSH or HICL a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HICL Infrastructure pays out 358.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer PSH or HICL?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than HICL Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for HICL Infrastructure. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HICL Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PSH or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%

Which has more risk and volatility, PSH or HICL?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PSH or HICL?

8.9% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PSH or HICL?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square	£1.20B	7.07	£2.71B	£6.38	748.59
HICL Infrastructure	£49.90M	46.22	£101.36M	£0.02	5,173.91

Summary

Pershing Square beats HICL Infrastructure on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.